Patrick Bremser

[Patrick Bremser]

Aloha All!!

I am Patrick Bremser and I have been turning more and more over the last 7years.
A good friend introduced me to turning when I came to visit him many years ago. He gave me a little chunk of walnut and guided me in turnign it into a beautiful little sake cup shape, entirely with a round nose scraper and a parting tool. Since then I have been on a gradual yet steady climb into the art. At the moment I am a few days away from receiving my 3rd lathe and its the Laguna 1836. Currently workign on the delta 46-460. Attached are a few of my latest turnings. I am also a chef and turning bowls for me is all about food use. Being in hawaii, I am in awe of the old traditional shapes of the umeke and calabashes of old Hawaii along with the massive collection of woods we have here in the islands.
I am glad to have finally joined the group and look forward to the epic resource that is the AAW Alos in the mix is a photo of me and my wife and our pup.

Mahalo!!!
Patrick

 

[Emiliano Achaval]

Welcome to the forum. Umeke means simply any wooden container. Calabashes would be more appropriate overall for what we do. Looks like you missed the good old days when Robyn was in the loop and was bringing in all the traveling woodturners teaching at all the clubs. Maybe is time to restart the club! Aloha from Maui

 

[Patrick Bremser]

Thanks for the clarification, Emiliano! I’m kinda just flying blind! Learning as I go as I don’t have a teacher or mentor over here. I have seen the website for the Kauai Woodturners but have t reached out to Robyn as the website hasn’t been updated in many years. I figured I’d join the big group AAW and then see what happened. Maybe some of the other turners would come out of the shadows. Who knows. Aloha!!

 

[Rick White]

Hello Patrick,
Your bowls are very nice looking. I've only been turning about 2 years as a hobby. Your story is uplifting. Keep up the inspired work.
Rick in northern California

 

[Patrick Bremser]

Thanks Rick!! I started as a hobby and now I’m regularly getting orders! But it’s all about the love!! Happy Turning!!

 

[Gerald Lawrence]

Welcome to the forum. I like the bowls you are turning

 

[Patrick Bremser]

Thanks Gerald! Each bowl is a lesson. And learning every day!

 

[Bill Boehme]

Welcome aboard, Patrick. Please read THIS thread and the other sticky threads.

 

[Patrick Bremser]

Welcome aboard, Patrick. Please read THIS thread and the other sticky threads.

Thanks Bill! And actually this intro post is because I read that already. If I read that wrong and this is posted incorrectly somehow, please let me know. Thanks.

 

[Bill Boehme]

Thanks Bill! And actually this intro post is because I read that already. If I read that wrong and this is posted incorrectly somehow, please let me know. Thanks.

Not a major problem, I fixed the error which happens frequently. I haven't figured out a way to automatically make the thread title be the member's username other than having it as a note in a sticky thread ... and that doesn't seem to be as effective as we would like it to be. The reason for this is to make searching for your introduction much easier. If you click on Filter on the Introductions index page then you can either enter the name if you know it or you can sort the threads by the Title, which in this case means the username (the member's real name). The threads can be arranged in ascending or descending order. Here is a Help topic on Sorting Threads.